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if u help me install my recently purchased whiteline steering rack bushings, rear subgrame bolts, and rear diff lock kit. i gots no tools man! or garage. or install skills. all the beer and pizza you can drink. i'm available all weekend and i definately don't mind getting dirty and helping out. i dunno if the whiteline instructions are sufficient, but i'm sure the instructions on scoobymods will suffice. anyone? i'm kinda excited to be honest. it'd be a nice opportunity to meet a new member. don't know too many in VIC.

The steering rack bushings are a PITA to install. It's do-able with hand tools. The PITA aspect is trying to cram the bushings in place! I would NOT even attempt at installing them, unless I have a hoist. I had access to a hoist which allowed me to stand underneath my car. I can't imagine how I would grap the old bushings out and put the new ones back in lying on my back.

yeah, i'm not worried about the other parts, but the steering rack bushings are my main concern. i heard vice grips work?

Yah, vice grips will help when you try to grap the old bushings out.

Where I had the problem was trying to put the new ones back in. The new bushings are a lot stiffer than the old soft stock ones, and unless you can take off the entire steering rack, you really have to force it in place. If you could take the steering rack off the car, then yah, it's super easy! But if you took the steering rack off, you'd have to get your steering re-aligned!

if you're willing to come out to Langley some time, Jason at Dale's alignment could do all those for you super quick on the hoist. He manages to do whiteline steering rack bushings in under 15 min! And the rear stuff is very minimal to do.

well, my friend and i did the rear diff lock kit today. install was really easy. took about half an hour. we did it semi-empty parking lot style. rear end definately feels a bit tighter. we didn't have a torque wrench so we just tightened the bolts as hard as we could pretty much. will that suffice? we attempted to do the subframe bolts too, but they didn't line up perfect...almost! didn't have any crowbar or anything so we gave up.

another member's (guess which one ) input on installing the subframe locking bolts

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use ramps....clean the threads in the subframe out if the car isn't new(ish)and/or is a 'salt belt' car---I used pipe cleaners and carb cleaner.......go slow....a few turns at a time, alternating sides....grease the 'taper' and the threads of the bolts a bit.....if either one binds up----DO NOT just torque them in....back them out a few turns and re-tighten....have a long prybar to 'wiggle' the subframe a bit if necessary to get it to cooperate ....torque to 66ft-lbs and re-torque after a week or so.